Hi --

Unless your child is unusually tidy, I'd think one complete uniform per
day. If you get three uniforms, that means you need to do laundry every
three school days. If your child is unusually messy you might need to
send in a spare uniform to school.

Items that can be re-used are shoes (one pair only) and possibly
short-sleeved shirts if the uniform has a part that goes over the shirt
(such as a blazer or a smock). Long-sleeved shirts will get dirty on
the sleeves.

Teach your child to remove the uniform and hang it up (or throw it in
the laundry) as soon as he (or she?) gets home. In this way you will
eventually be able to purchase fewer outer-parts to the uniform. (The
under-parts, of course, will need to be changed daily.)

Also consider undershirts to absorb sweat as your child gets older; then
the shirts can be aired and re-used.

--Beth Kevles
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